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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 8 sec.) ; 164088999 bytes |
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Jennifer Byrne Presents is a series of individual treats for lovers of books and writing. A panel of leading authors and expert celebrity guests join Jennifer for investigations into some of the most popular reading genres, they reveal the conventions, controversies, and titles that have helped shaped the literary landscape. Up for discussion by Jennifer and guests is the genre of cult fiction. Which they concede from the get go is almost impossible to define except to say that these are books which gripped their imagination and never let it go. Books which at some stage rewired their head, changing either the way they lived or the way they thought about living. Think Luke Reinhart's The Dice Man. Think Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance, Catch 22 or The Outsider. Books become cult for a raft of reasons, but the books Jennifer and guests will talking about have at least two common threads: one, that however you define it, you know a cult book when you see one. And two, they have their own unique voice - even if it's a slightly mad or bad one. So this special has been built around them it's the book clubbers' chance to discuss some of the most interesting books ever written, books united by nothing but their ability to incite passion in the reader. Joining Jennifer to discuss the phenomenon of cult books are: book publisher Bob Sessions; author and eclectic reader Markus Zusak; singer, writer and raconteur Dave Grainey and the Book Club's very own Marieke Hardy. PRODUCTION DETAILSSeries Producer: Brendan Walls; Executive Producer: Sophia Zachariou |
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Broadcast 2011-03-15 at 22:05:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Best sellers.
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Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
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Books -- Evaluation.
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Cults -- Controversial literature.
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Philosophy and religion in literature.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Graney, Dave, contributor
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Hardy, Marieke, contributor
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Jennifer, Byrne, host
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Sessions, Bob, contributor
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Zusak, Markus, contributor
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